Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on August 5 reported 6% rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,315 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, boosted by growing cargo volumes. It reported consolidated net profit of Rs 3,113 crore in the year-ago period.

The Adani Group firm's consolidated revenue from operations rose 31% to Rs 9,126 crore in Q1FY26 as against Rs 6,956 crore in Q1FY25.

The June quarter numbers of APSEZ have beat estimates of brokerages polled by Moneycontrol, which had, on an average, pegged the revenue at Rs 8,768 crore and net profit at Rs 2,985 crore.

The company said Executive Chairman Gautam Adani will now be its non-executive chairman. Consequently, the Adani Group Chairman would cease to be key managerial personnel of the company, it said.

"Based on the recommendation of Nomination & Remuneration Committee, the Board has approved the re-designation of Gautam S. Adani from Executive Chairman to Non-Executive Chairman with effect from August 5, 2025 and consequently he would ceased to be key managerial personnel of the Company," said APSEZ in a stock exchange filing.

Cargo volumes for the ports operator grew 11% on-year in the quarter, faster than 8% in the preceding quarter and 7.5% year-ago.

Adani Ports maintained its fiscal year 2026 forecast of cargo volumes at 505 million metric tonnes to 515 million metric tonnes.

At 2:05 pm on August 5, APSEZ shares were trading 1.3% lower at Rs 1,371 apiece.

“This quarter’s revenue growth is anchored by extraordinary momentum in our Logistics and Marine businesses, which grew 2x and 2.9x respectively,” said Ashwani Gupta, Whole-time Director & CEO, APSEZ. “These are no longer ancillary verticals - they are reshaping the contours of our future-ready ports ecosystem. With expanding Trucking and International Freight Network services and fast growing, diversified marine fleet in the MEASA region, we are deepening our integrated transport utility approach and extending our value chain from port gate to customer
gate. Coupled with cargo growth and market share gains in the domestic ports business, and higher revenue and improving EBITDA in international ports, we remain firmly on track to meet our FY26 guidance”.